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I did parachute training with the RAF - but it was off an 85ft tower with a large rotating fan thing to slow your descent - no aeroplanes or actual parachutes involved, just a steel cable and a tight harness! Never got around to doing a jump for real although the tower was fairly scary!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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The fan’s nick name was Shredder which did not inspire confidence?
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I'm sure the adrenaline rush is fantastic, but I would probably overdose on it. 
I will abseil/rappel down into one of my state's 12,000+ caves or off a cliff or even out of a helicopter, but I'll not jump out of a perfectly functional airplane.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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I've jumped out of cars higher than that. Seriously though, I don't see the allure of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane, but if you had fun, more power to you.
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Congratulations and happy birthday, Mehreen! I prefer a airplane descent that's gentle enough so that even your ears don't pop. 
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: Congratulations and happy birthday, Mehreen!
Thank you!
Ravi Bhavnani wrote: I prefer a airplane descent that's gentle enough so that even your ears don't pop.
Soft blowing your nose during the jump usually helps. It was the 7th jump of the day for my tandem instructor and his ear was literally bleeding. Apparently, he didn't even realize it.
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MehreenTahir wrote: It was the 7th jump of the day for my tandem instructor and his ear was literally bleeding.
OMG! 
/ravi
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Congratulations.
I'm glad you enjoyed your birthday present to yourself, but I have absolutely no desire to emulate you. The only way you'll get me to jump out of an airplane is if jumping is better than all other alternatives.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I went on my 30th.
Did a paired jump.
I much prefer floating around when the parachute is open than the freefall.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Maximilien wrote: I much prefer floating around when the parachute is open than the freefall.
I loved the freefall 
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Well done - I did 40+ rec jumps in the late 70s, it gets better the more you do!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: I did 40+ rec jumps in the late 70s, it gets better the more you do!
On my way to book the next one 
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Oh yes. It is something that cannot be explained. I love jumping from higher altitudes. I want to try wingsuit once. That should be different experience since you would have horizontal velocity more than vertical.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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LHEUESTR ? (8,3,5)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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ACRONYMS ARE INANE?
Just a guess ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Hmm ... partly right I suspect: FOLLOWED THE RULES?
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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closer, but not within cigar range.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Scramble the rules ?
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Oh so close! Probably better than the answer I intended.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Scrabble the rules
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nope. All around the target, but no bullseye.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Strangle ?
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nope. Extra clue: How Ximenes would describe this clue.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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QUESTION THE RULES!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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